Access Point Mode for Ralink RT5370?

Access Point Mode for Ralink RT5370?

[Sergei Poselenov]

Hello,

Does compat-wireless support the Access Point mode for the Ralink
RT5370 chip? The driver source pack from the Ralink site only supports
Managed and Ad-Hoc modes.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Sergei Poselenov, Emcraft Systems

Re: Access Point Mode for Ralink RT5370?

[Ivo Van Doorn]

Hi,

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Sergei Poselenov
<sposelenov@emcraft.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Does compat-wireless support the Access Point mode for the Ralink
> RT5370 chip? The driver source pack from the Ralink site only supports
> Managed and Ad-Hoc modes.

Yes, the rt2x00-based drivers as found in the compat-wireless package
are working in AP mode.

Ivo

Re: Access Point Mode for Ralink RT5370?

[Sergei Poselenov]

Hello Ivo, all,

On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:44:14 +0200
Ivo Van Doorn <ivdoorn@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Sergei Poselenov
> <sposelenov@emcraft.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Does compat-wireless support the Access Point mode for the Ralink
> > RT5370 chip? The driver source pack from the Ralink site only
> > supports Managed and Ad-Hoc modes.
> 
> Yes, the rt2x00-based drivers as found in the compat-wireless package
> are working in AP mode.
> 

I'm trying to set the master mode and it fails:
~ # iwconfig wlan0 mode Master
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
~ # 

The Linux Wireless FAQ here
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation/FAQ#Q:_iwconfig_wlan0_mode_master_does_not_work
tells me that I should use hostapd instead of iwconfig to configure the
master mode.

However, for my project the WiFi security is not required. Also, I'm
working on a custom ARM board with Linux 2.6.33 running.

Could you please confirm I should really port hostapd to my target to
configure my USB WiFi as Access Point?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Sergei Poselenov, Emcraft Systems

> Ivo

Re: Access Point Mode for Ralink RT5370?

[Ivo Van Doorn]

Hi,

>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Sergei Poselenov
>> <sposelenov@emcraft.com> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Does compat-wireless support the Access Point mode for the Ralink
>> > RT5370 chip? The driver source pack from the Ralink site only
>> > supports Managed and Ad-Hoc modes.
>>
>> Yes, the rt2x00-based drivers as found in the compat-wireless package
>> are working in AP mode.
>>
>
> I'm trying to set the master mode and it fails:
> ~ # iwconfig wlan0 mode Master
> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
>     SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
> ~ #
>
> The Linux Wireless FAQ here
> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation/FAQ#Q:_iwconfig_wlan0_mode_master_does_not_work
> tells me that I should use hostapd instead of iwconfig to configure the
> master mode.
>
> However, for my project the WiFi security is not required. Also, I'm
> working on a custom ARM board with Linux 2.6.33 running.

But the FAQ doesn't say you need hostapd for WiFi Security, it says if you want
master mode, you must use hostapd..

> Could you please confirm I should really port hostapd to my target to
> configure my USB WiFi as Access Point?

Yes, you _must_ use hostapd.

Ivo

Re: Access Point Mode for Ralink RT5370? - Success

[Sergei Poselenov]

Hello Ivo, all,

I just want to report that we successfully built and configured DWA-140
(rev B3, RT5370 chip) USB-WiFi in access point mode. For this, we built
vcompat-wireless modules and hostapd and lbnl (required by hostapd).

Our target is the LPC1788 (ARM Cortex-M3 SOC) running Linux 2.6.33,
with USB support.

Our toolchain combo is CodeSourcery arm-2010q1, with uClibc modified to
support clone() and linuxthreads.

Thank you for your comments.

Regards,
Sergei Poselenov, Emcraft Systems

On Tue, 7 Aug 2012 17:38:53 +0200
Ivo Van Doorn <ivdoorn@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> >> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Sergei Poselenov
> >> <sposelenov@emcraft.com> wrote:
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> > Does compat-wireless support the Access Point mode for the Ralink
> >> > RT5370 chip? The driver source pack from the Ralink site only
> >> > supports Managed and Ad-Hoc modes.
> >>
> >> Yes, the rt2x00-based drivers as found in the compat-wireless
> >> package are working in AP mode.
> >>
> >
> > I'm trying to set the master mode and it fails:
> > ~ # iwconfig wlan0 mode Master
> > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
> >     SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
> > ~ #
> >
> > The Linux Wireless FAQ here
> > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation/FAQ#Q:_iwconfig_wlan0_mode_master_does_not_work
> > tells me that I should use hostapd instead of iwconfig to configure
> > the master mode.
> >
> > However, for my project the WiFi security is not required. Also, I'm
> > working on a custom ARM board with Linux 2.6.33 running.
> 
> But the FAQ doesn't say you need hostapd for WiFi Security, it says
> if you want master mode, you must use hostapd..
> 
> > Could you please confirm I should really port hostapd to my target
> > to configure my USB WiFi as Access Point?
> 
> Yes, you _must_ use hostapd.
> 
> Ivo

Re: Access Point Mode for Ralink RT5370? - Success

[Charvi]

Sergei Poselenov <sposelenov@...> writes:

> 
> Hello Ivo, all,
> 
> I just want to report that we successfully built and configured DWA-140
> (rev B3, RT5370 chip) USB-WiFi in access point mode. For this, we built
> vcompat-wireless modules and hostapd and lbnl (required by hostapd).
> 
> Our target is the LPC1788 (ARM Cortex-M3 SOC) running Linux 2.6.33,
> with USB support.
> 
> Our toolchain combo is CodeSourcery arm-2010q1, with uClibc modified to
> support clone() and linuxthreads.
> 
> Thank you for your comments.
> 
> Regards,
> Sergei Poselenov, Emcraft Systems
 
Hi Sergei,

   I am also using a USB stick with RT5370 and want to configure it in AP mode.
I am new to the compat wireless drivers and modules but when I build them I do
not get any module like "rt5370.ko". Which module from compat wireless package
do I need to install for RT5370. I am using the latest compat wireless package
from
http://wireless.kernel.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless.tar.bz2.

Thanks,
Charvi.